3 scary spelling mistakes, and why you need an editor, not a spellchecker

Susan Pierotti, Creative Text Solutions Spellcheckers are a really handy device, but they are limited. English is full of homophones, words that sound the same but are spelt differently. A spellchecker won't correct the text on your CV if you write 'there business' instead of 'their business', but the wrong spelling could cost you the interview and the job. Many of us a good spellers but not great typists. Typos crop up all the time in my writing. However, I don't rely on the squiggly red line to dictate when I've made a typo. I check the entire text in case something has snuck in; for instance, '1875' instead of '1785', 'Jane' instead of 'Janet'. 3 scary typos Just missing one letter brought a hundred-year-old family business to bankruptcy. The court case for compensation cost the UK government millions of pounds. http://www.smh.com.au/world/spelling-error-destroyed-a-business-and-cost-the-uk-17m-20150128-1304gr.html  A typo caused one of Israel's largest investment firms to lose nearly 100% of its market value in 5 minutes. http://www.cnbc.com/id/100986999# [caption id="attachment_284" align="alignleft" width="90"] New York Stock Exchange[/caption] The letters b and m are very close together on a keyboard. By typing 'billions', not 'millions', a trader in the US stock market unintentionally caused      panic selling, and the collective value of US stock dropped by over $1 trillion.   http://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/fat-finger-points-to-us-stocks-dive-20100507-uh91.html   Get an editor, come to the course We all make mistakes. Editors are trained to correct your mistakes, making you look more knowledgeable and professional. To err is human, to hire  an editor is good sense Creative Text Solutions' workshop, Make Your Writing ZING! will cover spelling, spellcheckers and many other topics to make what you write have impact. Book at http://clearlytalking.com/event-registration/?regevent_action=register&event_id=25